Column: Lab-based professional learning helps teaching

(Photo: O&E) Ron Ritchhart builds the case for enculturation explaining it as the “key to deep learning and the development of the Habits of Mind and dispositions needed in a changing world.” Kent Lake has created a culture in which students and staff value life-long learning. We continuously set goals and collaborate to grow our learning. Kent Lake established a framework to expand the opportunities for educators to engage in rich discussions and reflect upon professional learning. A CoT leadership team has been formed and teachers have developed a culture in which thinking is valued, visible and actively promoted within their classrooms and throughout the school community. In order to strengthen our culture of thinking, the CoT leadership team is participating in a book study on the book, Creating Cultures…